SCREAMER Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

screamer

noun

Definition of screamer

as in wailer

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happy camper

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Recent Examples of screamer The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 Those whispers turned into roars in the bottom of the fifth inning when PCA sent a screamer down the first-base line and cruised into second for a double. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026 Inter Miami took a 1-0 lead into halftime after a screamer of a goal from De Paul in the 44th minute. — Miami Herald, 9 May 2026 Michael Olise — France/Bayern Munich (-1) Unfortunate to slip here after technically registering his third assist of the tournament for Mbappe’s screamer, and curling a delightful chip off the Iraq crossbar following some very slick French interplay. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for screamer

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weeper

Noun

Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

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